You murdered your own god by an accident

Maybelle 2022-09-04 20:14:33

I haven't been this excited to watch a movie in a long time. Reminds me of "The Matrix" more than ten years ago, both are abstract philosophical films, fables about autocracy, democracy, rule, faith, science, and utopia. Of course, "Zardoz" is no match for "The Matrix" in terms of amazing and admirable characters and special effects. It is strongly suspected that this play accounts for most of the cost of Sean Connery's salary, and the characters in shorts. The special effects of images and plastic sheets, the marine plankton dressed as DNA analysis maps, are not even at the level of Chinese science fiction films.
However, a good-looking drama is the most difficult to express among all movies in terms of content rather than packaging. It's a pity that not everyone can appreciate good things. When the film was released in 1974, it attracted scolding and scolding. Thinking of the scenery of "The Matrix", it once again verified the old saying: "Half a step ahead of the times is a genius, ahead of the times. Three steps are stupid."

You murdered your own god by an accident
"You accidentally killed your own god."
This line almost died of laughter. Think that God did "accidentally" kill, but this carelessness, not only from mortals, but also God himself "careless", or deliberately negligent after getting tired of "immortality"; It is Arthur who pretends to be too boring to pretend to be God. Arthur taught Zade to read, presumably hoping to die at the hands of this barbarian one day.
The movie chose a book that "lost innocence" for Zade. It was actually "The Adventures of Oz" (the American version of "The Wizard of Oz"), which made people laugh for a long time. Wang Xiaobo said that in "A Foreign Devil's Travels in China" "Losing innocence in this book; it seems that it is common to lose innocence in a certain book; looking back on myself, there has never been a book so unforgettable; however, reading has always made people lose innocence, even if it is a book. This "full of innocence" book will also have the opposite effect, depending on how you read it!
I wonder what season the movie was filmed in, and if Sean Connery had a cold, because Zade, a savage, ran around shirtless throughout the film, but this scene really made me appreciate the "sexiest" man" charm. I'm not just talking about Sean Connery's dazzling chest hair, masculine moustache. The last time I saw people discussing "sexy" on the Internet, it is rare for Chinese people to understand that "sexy" does not mean "pretty", and "beautiful" does not mean "sexy", but what is "sexy"? No one seems to have given a precise definition. I'd like to take this Zade played by Sean Connery as "sexy". Sexy is a state of existence without self-apologetic guilt, without flattery or self-pity, living calmly and confidently.
"Knowledge" and "sexual instinct" have always been the driving force behind the destruction of heaven and the destruction of God.

After reading the introduction beforehand, I know that Zade finally kidnapped a woman from heaven to be his wife. So when Aunt Xia came on stage, she thought it was hers. Who knew that most of the show, Zade and Mei, the old woman, had a lot of fun. go out. It was unexpected that the dog and the man would end up together. But think about it, it seems to have its inevitability. The gods and goddesses in heaven all have some human "blemishes". The least flawed and the most divine is Conswella. She is neither curious nor eager. When she saw Zade, she instinctively felt it. "Theocracy" is threatened by "mortals". Zade is finally destined to marry a woman, reproduce, and continue human history, so find Conswella. Because mortals need to be combined with "gods" to become gods and immortal. Man, and God, must always be one of them. Only the myth can continue, and the history can continue.

However, how Conswella quickly changed from a pursuer to a submissive, the movie is a bit unclear here, I don't understand. Is it true that after absorbing the knowledge of the gods, Zade can become a more advanced "god", so he has the ability to control Conswella's mind?

Although the costumes and background special effects of the whole film are messy, pediatrics; but the last part is really beautiful, on the one hand, the gods in heaven are slaughtered bloody; Dust, life flicks the finger, and opens the next myth. With the background music of figlio perduto, it gives people a sense of infinite vastness.

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Extended Reading

Zardoz quotes

  • Consuella: [speaking into her ring as she observes Zed asleep in his cage] The Brutal is now in fourth hour of unconscious sleep. It's astonishing that Homo Sapiens spends so much time in this vulnerable condition at the mercy of its enemies. Is there any data on the sleeping-patterns of primitive people?

    The Tabernacle: Is that a priority request?

    Consuella: Yes. I am now going to test its waking response to dangerous stimuli.

    [She reaches inside the cage toward Zed. With unexpected speed, he seizes her wrist even as he wakes. He holds her for a moment, glaring at her before releasing her. Slowly, she recovers composure and speaks to him]

    Consuella: Does it please you to sleep?

    Zed: Yes.

    Consuella: Why?

    Zed: I have dreams.

    The Tabernacle: Sleep was necessary for Man when his waking and unconscious lives were separated. As Eternals achieved total consciousness, sleep became obsolete, and Second-Level meditation took its place. Sleep was closely connected with death.

  • May: Friend, I cannot sanction this violence and destruction.

    Friend: It's too late, May. There's no going back.

    May: Don't destroy the Vortex! Let us renew it. A better breed could prosper here. Given time...

    Friend: Time? Wasn't eternity enough?

    Zed: [enters suddenly; May wheels to face him] This place is against life. It must die.

    [Zed gently grasps May's pistol hand and raises it so that the weapon points right between his eyes]

    May: I have my followers. Inseminate us all, and we'll teach you all we know, give you all we have. Perhaps you can break the Tabernacle. Or be broken.

    [Friend advances to place his hand on the others', in a triple pact]

    Friend: An end to eternity.

    May: A higher form.

    Zed: Revenge.